‘Cursed is he who secretly kills his neighbor.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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‘Cursed is he who secretly kills his neighbor.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour in secret. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Cross-references (10)
Passages linked to Deuteronomy 27:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 35:31 “ ‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death. He shall surely be put to death.
- Leviticus 24:17 “ ‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.
- Exodus 21:12-14 “One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death, but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee. If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
- Deuteronomy 19:11-12 But if any man hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities; then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
- 2 Samuel 3:27 When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
- 2 Samuel 11:15-17 He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck, and die.” When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were. The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
- 2 Samuel 12:9-12 Why have you despised Yahweh’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken Uriah the Hittite’s wife to be your wife.’ “This is what Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. For you did this secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.’ ”
- 2 Samuel 13:28 Absalom commanded his servants, saying, “Mark now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant!”
- 2 Samuel 20:9-10 Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So he struck him with it in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn’t strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain For God that seeth in secret, will revenge it.
For God that seeth in secret, will revenge it.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 27:24 Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour…
Deu 27:24 Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Ver. 24. That smiteth.] Either with violent hand or virulent tongue. {Jer 28:16-17}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Smiteth, i.e. killeth, as that word is oft used.
Smiteth, i.e. killeth, as that word is oft used.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly,.... And…
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly,.... And kills him, and the murder is not known; the curse of God follows such, and overtakes them sooner or later. Some interpret this of smiting with the tongue, of secret backbiting and slander; so the Targum of Jonathan,"that smiteth with the third tongue;''or false accusation:
and all the people shall say Amen; as disapproving of and condemning such a practice, even slander, and especially murder.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Smiteth - That is, killeth. This includes murder under…
Smiteth - That is, killeth. This includes murder under colour of law, which is of all others the greatest affront to God. Cursed therefore is he that any ways contributes to accuse, or convict, or condemn an innocent person.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 27:24. Smiteth — That is, killeth. This includes…
Deu 27:24. Smiteth — That is, killeth. This includes murder under the colour of the law, which is of all others the greatest affront to God. Cursed therefore is he that any way contributes to accuse, or convict, or condemn an innocent person.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Secretly, as is commonly the case; though such as…
Secretly, as is commonly the case; though such as committed murder in public were equally if not more guilty. (Haydock) --- Assassins, traitors, and those guilty of calumny, &c., are to be abhorred.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. Cp. Deu_5:17; E, Exo_20:13; Exo_21:12; H, Lev_24:17. The…
24. Cp. Deu_5:17; E, Exo_20:13; Exo_21:12; H, Lev_24:17. The addition, in secret (Deu_27:15, Deu_13:6 (7), Deu_28:57), is nowhere else attached to murder.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (24) That smiteth his neighbour secretly.-”Spoken of a backbiting…
(24) That smiteth his neighbour secretly.-”Spoken of a backbiting tongue” (Rashi).
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain cf. Exo_20:13; Num_35:16, etc.
cf. Exo_20:13; Num_35:16, etc.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
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Moses continues telling the Levites and the people what they must say.
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May the man be cursed
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neighbor
bribe
innocent
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